🙉 No musical ability 🔇 Without music

musicless

5.8

Without music playing, for example only speech or silence

adjective
/ˈmjuːzɪkləs/

: sin música

Her speech was delivered in a musicless hall, making every word stand out.

Examples

The room felt musicless during the presentation.
Some people find musicless parties less enjoyable than those with lively tunes.
The director chose a musicless opening to create a tense atmosphere.
I prefer musicless environments when I study.
The performance was captivating, even though the dancers moved in a musicless space.
During the film, there was a dramatic scene where dialogue occurred in a musicless atmosphere.
She found the musicless environment to be oddly soothing while she focused on her writing.

Synonyms

unaccompanied

vsmusicless

Specialized

1 5.5

Sung or played without other instruments

refers more broadly to absence of musical sound in any context

unscored

vsmusicless

Specialized

5.6

Having no background music in a film, play, or scene

covers general absence of music rather than only missing a score

Antonyms

accompanied

4.4

Performed with musical instruments or voices

How Musical

musical

63 1.7

ambient

38 6.1

quiet

∞ 1.0

musicless

5.8

silent

257 1.0

Surface Forms

musicless positive

Morphology

musicless = music (transparent) = music + less

A straightforward adjectival formation meaning 'without musical sound' using the common suffix '-less'.

Etymology

Musicless is made from music and the ending -less, which means 'without' as in careless. Because music is about sound and song, musicless means 'without music', used to describe a room, scene, or event with no music playing.